I love basketball, I played basketball and I still shoot some every now and then so I’m not just a football only fan, but the fact that NO ONE on this team can shoot the damn ball is baffling. The first 15 minutes was just so aggravating I couldn’t watch anymore.

I’m not sure what the answer is except maybe they’re so focused on trying to get the ball inside that everyone’s tight and scared to shoot resulting in BAD misses. They may be over-thinking things on offense. The purpose of half-court offense is to create a good shot/scoring opportunity for someone whether it’s down low or downtown. If you have an open look-SHOOT IT!

We got a 4 or 5-star 2-time Mr. Basketball on our team that averaged 30-whatever points a game in HS that was supposed to give us an outside threat but you wouldn’t know it from watching the games. He just blends in with the rest of ‘em. This guy needs to be taking WAY more shots. Let Releford and Eblen run the offense and give Lacey some catch and shoot opportunities and maybe he’ll get hot. He may go 1-15, but if we’re only scoring 50 points a game anyway, so what? Give him a chance.

If we’re going to lose, we may as well go down guns blazing.

(Maybe I DO know what the answer is : ) .....but if anyone would like to chime in on how Coach Grant could jump-start this offense or just vent a little, this is as good a place as any.)

I've read and heard all the comments from the so-called experts and from some uf fans predicting our demise ad nauseum, but one uf comment caught my attention.

It was your basic 'we're gonna kick your ___ blah,blah' comment- nothing special.  But they also added something like "....and ruin your weekend".  If we do come up a little short, I will definitely be disappointed, but 'ruin my weekend'? Not hardly.

This team has worked their tails off and played their guts out and taken us along for the ride from an afterthought #24 ranking to #1 in the land and the last man standing.  I have enjoyed every minute of it, and I hope to be celebrating even more Saturday night!  

But no matter the outcome, the 2008 edition of the Alabama Crimson Tide deserve and will receive a standing ovation from me.   

For those of us who live in the Mobile / Pensacola area,  WJTC Channel 44 high school game of the week is Escambia v Washington.  Gametime is 7pm.

I do not have a link to this info, I just noticed it as I was scrolling through the tv games on the dish to see what's on this weekend and to dvr the Bama game.

(Personally, I don't believe Ty Willingham and the Huskies have a chance)

Scanning through the 2008 Major College Football National TV Schedule in the small-type 'scoreboard' section of today's Mobile Press-Register Sports page, I notice that the September 27th Alabama at Georgia came will be televised by ESPN at 6:45.  

I also learned that Yuri Fudoh is leading the Women's British Open after three rounds, Party Time Addie paid $7.80 to win in race 8 at Mobile Greyhound Park Saturday night, and Jonathon Cooper was named assistant football coach at Sam Houston State.  

Here is some interesting, random football news that was released earlier today. It seems the Alabama-Clemson season opener of 2008 won't be the last time the Crimson Tide play in Atlanta.

Alabama and Georgia Tech have agreed to a home-and-home series during the 2013 and 2014 season. (Man, that sounds far away.) UA hosts the Yellow Jackets in 2013, then plays in Atlanta's Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in 2014.

Here is the release: Click me (and scroll down).

Seems this focus on Atlanta for recruiting will extend into stuff relating to the schedule.

Actually, not all of this is completely new. Alabama Athletics Director Mal Moore told me during the 2006 season that Georgia Tech was scheduled for the 2010-11 season. Apparently, that has been moved back a few years.